Santa's Apprentice

The residents of the North Pole are well known for their warmth, hospitality, and ability to create almost anything from nothing.  For years you have trained and risen through the ranks.  Perfecting and honing your skills in not only crafting items but in playing musical instruments and hosting amazing Christmas parties.  This earned you the attention of Saint Nick himself and he rewarded your efforts by making you one of his main apprentices.

You are most likely an elf, but not necessarily— the residents of the North Pole are comprised of all types of folk.  There are those who were born and raised there, people who traveled there looking to perfect their craft, and those who were thought to be misfits in their homeland but found acceptance and family in the North.  

Skill Proficiencies: Performance, Insight

Tool Proficiencies: All types of artisan tools, one musical instrument

Languages: Dwarvish or one other of your choice if you already speak Dwarvish

Equipment: Three sets of artisan’s tools with which you are proficient, a maker’s mark chisel used to mark your handiwork with the symbol of the North Pole, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 25 gp and a snowglobe.

Suggested Characteristics

Your bond is almost certainly related to Santa himself. Your ideals might have to do with maintaining the high quality of your work or preserving the joy in giving.

d6	Personality Trait
1	I'm full of witty aphorisms and have a proverb for every occasion.
2	I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can’t help it—I’m a perfectionist.
3	I always want to know how things work and how they can be improved.
4	I always encourage others to be fair and work hard.
5	I like to talk at length about my profession.
6	I am proud to be Santa's apprentice and strive to show his hospitality to all that I meet.

d6	Ideal
1	Aspiration: I work hard to be the best there is at my craft.
2	Community. It is important for people to strive for a common goal and for the good of all.
3	Generosity. My talents were given to me so that I could use them to benefit the world.
4	Freedom. Everyone should be free to pursue his or her own happiness.
5	Charity: I believe that those who have everything they need should give to those who do not.
6	People. I’m committed to the people of this land, I care not for rules that get in the way of that.

d6	Bond
1	The workshop where I learned my trade is the most important place in the world to me.
2	I created a great work for someone special but then they disappeared. I am still trying to find them.
3	I owe my guild a great debt for forging me into the person I am today.
4	I am a hopeless romantic, I hope to find someone to love.
5	I feel ashamed that I sometimes let my competitiveness get the better of me. I like to be best at all I do.
6	I intend to travel the world finding exciting new things to bring back to the North Pole.

d6	Flaw
1	I'm never satisfied with what I have― I always want more.
2	I have sabotaged the work of others to make my creations seem better.
3	I am naive and tend to trust people to readily.
4	I tend to work to the point of exhaution to get all my tasks done.
5	I have stolen items my colleagues created for my own use.
6	I’m horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go, I’m surrounded by rivals.